Rebecca Willén
Senior lecturerI'm a researcher in forensic (investigative) psychology and meta-science and in strong support of open and replicable science. I'm a member of the Swedish Reproducibility Network (SweRN) and am happy to answer all kinds of questions - as far as I can - about open science and the adoption of reproducible research practices.
I finished my PhD in 2016 at the University of Gothenburg.
I'm reluctantly on Twitter (@rmwillen).
Teaching
I teach (forensic) psychology to police students and civilian employees at the Swedish Police Authority, and research methods to criminology students. I supervise thesis students in criminology and at the police education.
I happily supervise theses (at any level) related to forensic psychology and / or meta-science.
Research
My current research is mainly on one or several of the following topics:
- Investigative psychology
- Residential out-of-home care for girls
- Metascience
Typically, at least two of these topics overlap in my research. Examples of research questions I'm investigating: indicators of scientific quality in investigative psychology; police officers' experience with adolescent girls placed in residential out-of-home care; indicators of scientific quality in ethical applications for research on human subjects.
Commissions
I have been tasked with reviewing the (forensic) psychology content of the Police Education in Växjö. The purpose is to ensure that the educational content is well updated and in accordance with the current state of knowledge.
My research groups
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Centre for Police Research and Development Centre for Police Research and Development (CPU) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Department of Criminology and Police Work based at Linnaeus…
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Methods and Meta-science Within Methods and Meta-science, we work on developing and improving research methods and on projects that have a meta-scientific perspective on research. This includes…
Publications
Selected publications
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Rohrer, J.M., Tierney, W., Uhlmann, E.L., Debruine, L.M., Heyman, T., et al. (2021). Putting the Self in Self-Correction : Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 16 (6). 1255-1269.
Status: Published - Willén, R.M., Kronkvist, O. The New Kälvesten Method for the Assessment of Foster Parent Suitability in Sweden: Causes for Concern.
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Willén, R.M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A. (2016). Factors Affecting Two Types of Memory Specificity : Particularization of Episodes and Details. PLOS ONE. 11 (11).
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Willén, R.M., Granhag, P.A. (2015). Data from Interviews with 95 Respondents Recollecting Repeated Dental Visits. Journal of Open Psychology Data. 3 (1).
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Willén, R.M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., Fisher, R.P. (2014). Facilitating particularization of repeated similar events with context-specific cues. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 56 (1). 28-37.
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Landström, S., Ask, K., Sommar, C., Willén, R.M. (2013). Children's testimony and the emotional victim effect. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 20 (2). 365-383.
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Landström, S., Willén, R.M., Bylander, E. (2012). Rättspraktikers inställning till modern ljud- och bildteknik i rättssalen : En rättspsykologisk studie. Svensk Juristtidning. (3). 197-218.
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Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., Willén, R.M., Hartwig, M. (2012). Eliciting cues to deception by tactical disclosure of evidence : The first test of the Evidence Framing Matrix. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 18 (2). 341-355.
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Willén, R.M., Strömwall, L.A. (2012). Offenders' Lies and Truths : An Evaluation of the Supreme Court of Sweden's Criteria for Credibility Assessment. Psychology, Crime and Law. 18 (8). 745-758.
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Strömwall, L.A., Willén, R.M. (2011). Inside Criminal Minds : Offenders' Strategies when Lying. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 8 (3). 271-281.
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Willén, R.M., Strömwall, L.A. (2011). Offenders’ uncoerced false confessions : A new application of statement analysis?. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 17 (2). 346-359.
Status: Published
Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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Nilsonne, G., Dahlgren, P.M., Eklund, A., Danielsson, H., Carlsson, R., et al. (2023). ”Sluta betala för att få publicera forskning”. Svenska Dagbladet. (2023-03-28).
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Willén, R.M., Nilsonne, G. (2017). Psykologin i framkant för öppen vetenskap. Psykologtidningen. (3). 28-31.
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Nilsonne, G., Willén, R.M. (2016). Öppen data kan öka kunskapsmassan och motverka fusk. Läkartidningen. 113 (47). 1-2.
Status: Published
Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Willén, R.M. (2016). Counting on the details : Inquiring into past events of cooperative interviewees. Doctoral Thesis. University of Gothenburg. 62.
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Willén, R.M. (2011). Statement analysis in criminal cases and asylum procedures. Perceptions: Victims, Offenders and Witnesses : Proceedings of the Fourth joint Nordic PhD course in Legal and Investigative Psychology. Reykjavík University.
Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Willén, R.M. (2015). Recollection of Repeated Events : Difficulties and Possibilities. Licentiate Thesis. Göteborgs universitet.